Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Discrimination

I have faced all kinds of discrimination so far. I’ve been
discriminated against for being from a certain country, of a certain colour, of
a certain race and even of a certain sex. And lets just say I’m used to it now.
I was shocked, hurt and even heartbroken at times. But I’ve learnt to be thick
skinned and to an extent, I almost feel sorry for people with such narrow
minds.

For the first time, I was discriminated because I had a
child. A certain landlord refused to let
me even view his flat once he found out I had a kid. Until then, he liked my
profile. I tried to reassure the person that I was quite firm about certain
things around the house and I would take responsibility for anything that
happened to the house. Then I decided that it was not worth spending my time
and effort convincing such people and it was better that we go our separate
ways.

I don’t think I would be happy living in a house owned by
such a person. I would worry too much and try too hard to change your
impression of people with kids!I’ve
done this with other things as well, trying to beat the stereotype. But nah,
it’s just not worth it!